Archive for the 'Tutoring Reflections' Category

Tutoring Reflection 6, 3-24

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Greetings,
This past Friday, I arrived for my sixth tutoring session.  Mrs. Smith asked me to work with the class as a whole, answering any questions that may arise as the students worked on solve for the variable questions.  One student, Gregory* seemed like a simple case with an easy answer, but due to mismanagement on [...]

Tutoring Reflection 5, 3-17

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Greetings
Today, in Mrs. Smith’s class, I was allowed to roam free among the students, as it was material they had already covered, and no student was seriously behind.  Although the students had a few questions, one student, Freddie*, was an interesting episode.
Freddie did absolutely no work during the time that Mrs. Smith had allowed for [...]

Tutoring Reflection 4, 3-10

Monday, March 13th, 2006

Greetings,
This past week, I was given a choice between tutoring two sets of students.  One pair asked to work with me.  The other pair I was asked to work with.  I chose to work with this second pair, despite their lack of apparent lack of motivation, due to their need for supervision with the material.
While [...]

Tutoring Reflection 3, 3-3

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Greetings,
Today, I went to help tutor during 5th hour in Mrs. Smith’s 8th grade Algebra class.  Mrs. Smith put me with two female students, Erin* and J*, and our assignment was on finding slope.  During our time together, the two girls, who were apparently friends, got out of hand.  To calm them down, and redirect [...]

Tutoring Reflection 2, 2-24

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Greetings,
Again I went into Mrs. Smith’s 8th grade Algebra class.  Today Mr. Johnson*, the intern teacher, was in charge of the class as he had students correct homework and then assigned a new homework.  The students were allowed to work in pairs, as I walked around the room to answer any questions.  Although I was [...]

Tutoring Reflection 2-17

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Greetings,
Today, I went to help tutor during 5th hour in Mrs. Smith’s* 8th grade Algebra class.  However, her class was taking a test on probability.  I was still of use, as I took a student, Leonardo*, out of the classroom in order for him to take the test.  Leonardo has Attention Deficit Disorder and thus [...]